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Lewis HORTON AND JOSIAH A. McGAW, or MANCHESTER, 'NEW HAMPSHIRE LettersPatent No. 75,017, dated .March 3, I868.

IMPROVED TRUNK-GAMER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, LEWIS HORTON and JOSIAH A. McGAW, of Manchester, inthe county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampsl1ire,have invented anew and improved Trunk-Caster; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification,- in whichi t Figure 1 represents a front view of a trunl;provided with our improved corrugated swivel-casters.

Figure 2 represents a bottom view of the same.

Figure 3 represents a detached section of the caster.

Similar letters of referencelinclicatc corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction andarrangement of casters for 't'runhs and other similar articles, and'ccnslsts in a corrugated caster-roller hung in a frame that isswivelled on a pivot rigidly fastened to a plate thatis attached, bynails orserews, to the bottom of a trunk or other article, ashereinafter described.

The ordinary caster is attached to a frame with a shank that revolves ina ferrule or socket, and is easily broken and got out of order by theleverage strain upon the shanln To obviate thisdiiiiculty, we havedevised a caster, the frame of which revolves on a fixed pivot fastenedto a plate, and, at the same time, hears fiat upon the smooth surfaceof'the plate, whereby the weight of the trunk is supported without anystrain'on the caster to bend or break it.

A represents a trunl ;,-on which is fastened a smooth metal plate, a, inwhich is set and fixed u pin, c, on which is pivoted allot-bottomedcaster-frame, b, for supporting the corrugated roller (Z, that is hungin the sides a e. It will be ohs erved that the bottom of thecaster-frame bi'ests always upon the plate a, when it turns on the fixedpivot-pin c, and thus prevents anystrain on the caster, sorthat a trunkor other article to which it is applied may lie-moved about in anydirection without danger of brenlring the caster.

,Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosccureby Letters Patent, is-

The trunk-caster,consisting of the plate a, to whichthe plate Z: is hungby the pin a, said plate bearing between the two'arms e the corrugatedroller d, all constructed as described, whereby the plate a is securedin place without the pin 0 entering the bottom of the trunk, and theplate I) allowed. to revolve in contact with the plate a withoutleverage, as herein shown and described.

The-above specification of our invention signed by us, this 30th day ofNovember, 1867.

' LEWIS HORTON,

JOSIAH. A. McGrAW Witnesses:

H. D. Loan, EBEN CARE.

